Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42
पंचमोऽभूद्यदा ब्रह्मा सुरज्येष्ठ इति श्रुतः । कृत्तिवासेति ते नाम बभूव त्रिपुरांतक
paṃcamo'bhūdyadā brahmā surajyeṣṭha iti śrutaḥ | kṛttivāseti te nāma babhūva tripurāṃtaka
ପଞ୍ଚମ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟାୟରେ ବ୍ରହ୍ମା ‘ସୁରଜ୍ୟେଷ୍ଠ’ ଭାବେ ଶ୍ରୁତ ଓ ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ ଥିଲେ, ସେତେବେଳେ ହେ ତ୍ରିପୁରାନ୍ତକ, ତୁମ ନାମ ‘କୃତ୍ତିବାସ’—ଚର୍ମବସ୍ତ୍ରଧାରୀ—ହେଲା।
Unspecified (contextual narrator; Śiva’s epithet series)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Fifth phase: Surajyeṣṭha-Brahmā; Śiva as Kṛttivāsa stands as an ascetic-warrior, wearing a tiger/elephant hide, bow drawn as Tripurāntaka, with the three aerial cities aflame in the distance; Prabhāsa’s temple and sea anchor the scene to place.
FAQs
Śiva unites fierce world-protecting power (Tripurāntaka) with ascetic renunciation (Kṛttivāsa).
Prabhāsakṣetra, through the kṣetra’s tradition of venerating Śiva under many celebrated names.
None; it is a naming-and-praise verse, suited to stotra recitation.